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“FOLD,” an exhibition by UTRGV faculty and visiting artists from around the country, unifies the work of 13 female artists, philosophers and scholars to develop the concept of folding, in an effort to explore the conceptual metaphor in terms of feminism, immigration and interdisciplinary studies. The three-part exhibition, curated by UTRGV assistant professor of ceramics Raheem Filsoofi, is part of UTRGV’s FESTIBA, an annual week-long celebrationof books and arts, running this year from Feb. 26 to March 4, 2018. Click Here to read more.

Free poetry-art presentation scheduled for Saturday

Steven Schneider, professor of creative writing at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, said a poetry-art exhibit he created with his wife, the artist Reefka Schneider, in 2010 is more relevant today than ever. The exhibit, “Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives,” is on display at HistoricBrownsvilleMuseum, 641 E. Madison St., through Nov. 4, 2017. Read the full release.

UTRGV Summer Trombone Concert set for June 27

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – JUNE 23, 2017 – A group of local high school, UTRGV and TSC students led by Dr. William Haugeberg, assistant professor of Low Brass at UTRGV, are seen here rehearsing for the upcoming UTRGV Summer Trombone Concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at the TSC Arts Center Main Hall, 90 Taylor Ave., in Brownsville. Read the full release.

UTRGV University Productions offers Summer Stock 2017

EDINBURG, TEXAS – JUNE 9, 2017 – UTRGV’s University Productions, RGV Summer Stock 2017 offerings lead off with “Rough Magic,” a fantasy by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa that provides a range of emotions, from horror to romance and heroism. Read the full release.

Professor and Poet: Emmy Pérez awarded NEA poetry fellowship

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – JUNE 9, 2017 – Emmy Pérez, UTRGV associate professor of creative writing and interim director of the Center for Mexican American Studies, has been selected as a 2017 Literature Fellow with the National Endowment for the Arts. Read the full release.

College of Fine Arts Fall 2016 Dean's List

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s University Productionswill close its spring semester with the Theatre for Young Audiences production of “Bug Joy,” a fantasy by Jan Seale, the 2012 Texas Poet Laureate. Click here to read more.

UTRGV ranks in Top 30 ‘most beautiful’ campuses in Texas

The UTRGV Brownsville Campus glistens on a wet, early morning. The view here is from the Resaca Bridge, looking across the water to the BioMed Building. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike). Click here to read more.

UTRGV hosted a panel discussion during FESTIBA Librarians & Educators Day, in which physicians and academics touted the benefits of using the arts to help train healthcare professionals. Click here to read more.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – JAN 31, 2017 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a recipient of a $16,000 grant to host the NEA Big Read in the Rio Grande Valley. UTRGV is one of 77 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant to host an NEA Big Read project between September 2016 and June 2017. This is the fourth successfully funded NEA Big Read grant written by Schneider. Click Here to read more.

UTRGV Tuba Euphonium Ensemble to perform in Washington, D.C., at U.S. Army Band workshop

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – JAN. 17, 2017 – The UTRGV Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, one of the most traveled ensembles in the UTRGV School of Music, is adding Washington, D.C., to its long list of major performance appearances. Click to read more.

UTRGV dean has meaningful musical interlude in Cuba

Dr. Steven Block, dean of the College of Fine Arts at UTRGV, displays a compilation CD recorded in Cuba, called Intersections. Block was among six composers from across the United States invited by PARMA to record their compositions played by members of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba. Block led a recording of his favorite work, Puttin It Together, for inclusion on the Intersections CD. Click Here for more information.

UTRGV Bravo Opera Company’s community outreach delights school children with ‘Hansel and Gretel’

UTRGV Symphony Orchestra Debut Concerts

The talents of student musicians from both the Brownsville and Edinburg campuses melded harmoniously under the baton of Maestro Peter Dabrowski during the inaugural performances of the UTRGV Symphony Orchestra at both campuses.

The Brownsville performance was on Monday, Oct. 10 at the TSC Arts Center.
The Edinburg performance was on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at the Performing Arts Complex.

Student made observations about the pre-Columbian art and architecture of Peru and the environmental setting of Peru. Students hiked up to an altitude of 15,200 feet (4,600 meters) with little or no training in camping and climbing. Considering the fact that they are from a floodplain with the highest rate of diabetes and obesity in the US only serves to commend their effort.